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Dear life / by Alice Munro.

By: Publication details: London : Chatto & Windus, 2012.Description: 319 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780701187842 (hbk.)
  • 0701187840 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.54 23
Contents:
To reach Japan -- Amundsen -- Leaving Maverley -- Gravel -- Haven -- Pride -- Corrie -- Train -- In sight of the lake -- Dolly -- The eye -- Night -- Voices -- Dear life.
Summary: A young soldier, returning to his fiancee from the Second World War, steps off the train before his stop and onto the farm of another woman, beginning a life on the move. This book ends with four powerful pieces, 'autobiographical in feeling', set during the time of author's own childhood, in the area where she grew up.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Short stories MUN Available 053449
Total reserves: 0

To reach Japan -- Amundsen -- Leaving Maverley -- Gravel -- Haven -- Pride -- Corrie -- Train -- In sight of the lake -- Dolly -- The eye -- Night -- Voices -- Dear life.

A young soldier, returning to his fiancee from the Second World War, steps off the train before his stop and onto the farm of another woman, beginning a life on the move. This book ends with four powerful pieces, 'autobiographical in feeling', set during the time of author's own childhood, in the area where she grew up.

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